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Tick & Lyme Disease Information

I JUST FOUND A TICK!

Now what? First - Save your tick! Second, send a photo of your tick to the URI TickSpotters Program. They will identify the tick, determine how long it has been attached, and give you a ‘riskiness assessment’. Based on that information, you may chose to have your tick tested via the UMass TickReport Program. Tick testing typically costs $50/tick, but Norwell residents enter the code:TSTA2 to receive the discounted rate of $20/tick for being a TickSmart Town with URI. Even if you chose not to test your tick right now, save your tick. Should you develop any tick-borne illness symptoms a month from now, or even a year from now, you’ll want to know if that tick carried diseases.